How the Irish fared: It’s a football tradition. Club opts to dispose of player. The player finds new club. The old and the new meet and the player returns to haunt former employers.

Celtic and Rangers will resume hostilities after a hiatus of almost three years after being paired together in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals.

Celtic’s chief executive Peter Lawwell has given Ronny Deila a vote of confidence and insists the Parkhead club have to "keep the head" as their new manager finds himself under fire.

Kris Commons will not put himself under pressure to repeat the goalscoring exploits that helped him become PFA Scotland player of the year.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers intends to keep every one of his players grounded as the club closes in on a first championship in more than 20 years following the 3-2 win at relegation-threatened Norwich on Easter Sunday.

Norwich City 2 Liverpool 3

Raheem Sterling fired Liverpool five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League table after a thriller at Norwich.

Celtic striker Anthony Stokes feels he has brought new elements to his game beyond goals this season — and is hopeful it will improve his Republic of Ireland chances.

Norwich 0 West Brom 1

Norwich have sacked Chris Hughton and his backroom staff after back-to-back defeats left them in a relegation dogfight in the Barclays Premier League.

West Brom put a troubled week behind them with a 1-0 win at struggling Norwich to boost their Premier League survival hopes.

Norwich 2 Sunderland 0

Sandro is primed for a first Barclays Premier League appearance under Tim Sherwood after calf trouble, taking a seat on Tottenham’s bench for Cardiff’s White Hart Lane visit.

Norwich City 1 Tottenham 0

Norwich 1 Tottenham 0

Norwich 0 Manchester City 0

Norwich 0 Newcastle 0

Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Norwich 1 Hull 0

Superb goals from Gareth Barry and Kevin Mirallas saw Everton outclass Norwich to reclaim a place in the Barclays Premier League top four with a 2-0 win.

Crystal Palace 1 Norwich 1

Ashley Young has warned the rest of the Barclays Premier League that Manchester United are showing the spirit of champions once again.

Norwich 0 Man Utd 1

Manchester United took on Norwich at Carrow Road without England forward Wayne Rooney, who did not travel to Norfolk.

Theo Walcott’s second brace in 12 days took Arsenal back to the top of the Barclays Premier League, at least temporarily.

Jay Rodriguez blasted two goals in six minutes to put Southampton in control at half-time in their Barclays Premier League clash with Cardiff to add to the woes of Malky Mackay.

Sunderland 0 Norwich 0

Nottingham Forest are prepared to smash their wage structure to lure Ireland striker Shane Long from the Premier League during next month’s transfer window.

Norwich 1 Swansea 1

Norwich 1 Swansea 1

Kris Commons believes Celtic paid the price in the Champions League this season for the club’s unwillingness to pay the going rate for a quality striker to replace Gary Hooper.

West Brom 0 Norwich City 2

West Brom 0 Norwich 2

Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 0

Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 0

Celtic striker Anthony Stokes has signed a new three-year contract.

Norwich 0 Cardiff 0

Kris Commons has told Barcelona it would be “very unprofessional” of them to turn up at Celtic Park next week thinking that Champions League lightning could not strike twice.

Watford 2 Norwich 3 (after extra time)

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has declared the club will be under less pressure to sell players next summer after recording a pre-tax profit of almost £10 million (€11.8m).

Norwich 0 Aston Villa 1

Former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson does not rule out the possibility of the Hoops reaching the last 16 of the Champions League again this season.

Norwich manager Chris Hughton may look to strengthen further before the transfer window closes, while Mauricio Pochettino admits Southampton could do with some reinforcements.

Celtic have confirmed the signing of Teemu Pukki from Schalke on a four-year contract.